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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:48:52 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com> Cc: Linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/profile.c: Fix section mismatch warning. * Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com> wrote: > Impact: Fix section mismatch warning in kernel/profile.c > > Here, profile_nop function has been called from a non-init function > create_hash_tables(void). Which generetes a section mismatch warning. > Previously, create_hash_tables(void) was a init function. So, removing > __init from create_hash_tables(void) requires profile_nop to be > non-init. This patch makes profile_nop function inline and fixes the > following warning: > > WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x6ebb6): Section mismatch in reference from > the function create_hash_tables() to the function > .init.text:profile_nop() > The function create_hash_tables() references > the function __init profile_nop(). > This is often because create_hash_tables lacks a __init > annotation or the annotation of profile_nop is wrong. > > Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com> > > --- linux-2.6-orig/kernel/profile.c 2008-11-17 20:30:42.000000000 +0600 > +++ linux-2.6/kernel/profile.c 2008-11-18 09:39:58.000000000 +0600 > @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc > }; > > #ifdef CONFIG_SMP > -static void __init profile_nop(void *unused) > +static inline void profile_nop(void *unused) > { > } applied to tip/core/urgent, thanks! Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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